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Winner of the Toronto Fashion Academy

Fashion Stylist Contest

Brazilian fashion stylist , Yasmim Ferreira , cannot remember a time when she didn ’ t have an interest in fashion . Preferring only to dress up her dolls rather than actually play with them , Ferreira was infatuated with fashion from an early age , and it wasn ’ t long before she was even creating her own looks .

“ In Brazil , it used to be pretty common to have your clothes made by a seamstress , so I spent a lot of time pouring over fashion magazines , piecing together the details I liked ,” she recalled .

Having been exposed to the flavourful melting pots of Brazil and Canada , Ferreira has always been surrounded by many different ideas of fashion and the unique ways that different cultures use them . In an ongoing

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